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Patently stupidPatently stupidPosted Oct 10, 2012 5:36 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: Patently stupid by Nelson Parent article: The Patent, Used as a Sword (New York Times) IMHO abolition is the only way to go, so we should go for that. I fear that this will not happen as long as people are willing to make compromises. Software patents are a threat to free software and an impediment to software development. All these patents are public domain knowledge too... when you patent something, you tell the world how to do it, that's actually useful...It would be interesting if you could name one example of a software patent that says something useful to the world, and which had not been published independently.
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Patently stupid Posted Oct 10, 2012 7:16 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] It would be interesting if you could name one example of a software patent that says something useful to the world, and which had not been published independently. This will be useful, sure, but this is not how system is supposed to work and this is not how it works. Usually you publish your achievement in some easy-to-digest form (article in a magazine, software manuals, detailed plans and blueprints, etc) and in a patent form. Noone is supposed to even read the patent (till they will want to prove it's invalid, that is) because it exists solely to protect discovery which is explained in the other piece of work. There are tons of works which were done this way.
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